Friday, May 27, 2011

Annie: weigh-in week 32

Sorry for the delay in the post this week - I wasn't able to catch Blogger actually working. :S

This week's loss looks really big, but I jumped back on the scale (ok, stepped gingerly) Wednesday morning just to check, and had already gained a pound and a half of it back. It's water week, and nothing makes sense - which is normal for me.

We won't know the real story this coming Monday either, since I'm out of town for my first (of many, I hope!) race, and won't have a chance to get weighed on my own scale until Thursday morning. So the timelines will be off for a bit. My big goal is to return home next Thursday and find the number on the scale at least as low as it was this past Monday.

It's a big week

As I mentioned, the 5K I've been building up to since, well, since last fall, is finally here. We run tomorrow (Saturday) evening at 5 p.m. - it's the moment of truth! On the advice of my cheering team (including, of course, The Faithful Mo) I've changed my starting corral to 35-40 minutes, from the 40-45 I had originally signed up for, way back in December when I couldn't run 30 seconds consecutively. Why does it matter? Because if I stayed in the slower corral, I'd have that many more people to somehow get past before I could start running at my own pace.

Good thing I have so many experienced racers to advise me!

Mo took me to the race expo today, which was so much fun! As a beginner, I'm enthralled with all the "stuff" and had a great few hours wandering and checking things out. I bought this hat - likely very uncool to wear it to the race, but then again, it might prove helpful, haha!

Tonight is the big carb-load dinner at my brother's place, as there are four of us racing this weekend: me in the 5, my brother in the 10, and The Faithful Mo and a friend of hers/ours in the full marathon. I'm suspecting this may be my favourite part of the race!

Mo and my brother and sister-in-law, all runners, have given me advice about how best to enjoy the race, including:

Don't eat within 2 hours of the race

Take the corners in the middle of the road, because everyone else will jam into the corners to take them as tightly as possible

Don't start too quickly and run out of gas, and

Leave one ear-bud out, and enjoy the roar of the crowd!

I can't believe I'm about to do this, when a few short months ago it really seemed impossible to me. Not sure when (or if) it'll ever really sink in.

About Us

We are two middle-aged women who have tried every diet program on the face of the planet. We've each had success in the past on Weight Watchers, but neither of us stuck with it. This blog documents our one-year weight loss challenge, from Canadian Thanksgiving 2010 to 2011.